Scientific Background
- Childhood absence epilepsy type 2 (ECA2) (GABRG2)
- Childhood absence epilepsy type 4 (ECA4) (GABRA1)
- Childhood absence epilepsy type 5 (ECA5) (GABRB3)
- Childhood absence epilepsy type 6 (ECA6) (CACNA1H)
- Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (SLC2A1)
- Juvenile absence epilepsy (EFHC1)
- Juvenile absence epilepsy type 2 (CLCN2)
- Juvenile/childhood absence epilepsy (GABRA5)
- Myoclonic-atonic epilepsy (MAE) (SLC6A1)
All disorders are inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. Genes in bold are core genes.
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